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Alden's Manifold Cyolopedia of Knowl'
edue and Language.

One Of the most extraordinary literary en-
terprses Of the age is the work which bears
the above title. The specimen pages which
the publisher sends free TO any applicant,
show the type which is used-a good clear
faced Brewer, also the form"ideal'' for con-
venence, easy for the eye, handy to hold.
The volumes viii average about go pages
each. and there viii probably be about thirty
Of them-the manifold" number will not be
announcement; when you consult Cycloped'a
you are supposed to know Wharf.-The you
are looking for; the lettering or the back oil
each volume tells you at glance what Jules
will be found within, so you do not look in
the wrong one and the volumes are so"handy
you quickly turn to the sought-for page.
There will be severaPthousand illustrations
-no''mere pictures" but everything OF I'M
portance that will serve to illustrate.
The Manifold Cyclopedia is to be much
more than Encyclopaedia Of Universal Knowl-
edpe;"it will embody also Dictionary OF the
English Language including every word
which has any claim to a place in the Ian
guaee. How often you have consulted APP
peton's or Johnson's Cyclopedia and failed
to find the title you were looking for-them
consulted Webster's Unabridged and were
successful; The word belonged to the Diction-
airy rather than to the Cyclopedia. Or you
have consulted Webster, and found little
more than mere definition of the word-you
must 90 to the Cyclopedia for details of
knowledge. Or. more probable than either
of the foregoing suggestions, you do not own
either frst-class Cyclopeda or iirst-cass
Dictionary, or only one of the two, because
of their prohibitory cost. so you consult your
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In the Manifold Cyclopedia you will find
survey Of all knowledge which is illustrated
by the English Language-and its cost is
within your reach, only 50 cents volume for
cloth binding, 65 cents for half morocco! In
this age of the world, no general Cyclopedia
or Dictionary can be in any proper sense
"original"-each new compilation, if it has
merit is based upon the knowledge found
embodied in all its predecessors. "knowl-
edge" as set fourth in books can not be mo-
noplized by "patent or copyright
the form OF embodiment can be thus covered.
The latest discoveries Tor imagnings) of the
scie, lists, the latest "inds" Tor frauds) of the
archaologsts, the latest theories of the poll
tical economists--all are subject to the sight
drafts" Of the latest Encyclopedia. Alden's
Manifold Cyclopedia undertakes to combine
in the most convenient and concise land yet
fulD and economical form possible, the re-
suits of the scholarship of the world, up to
the time of its publication. Awaiting itself
most of the labors OF its predecessors who
have accomplished the best results, the Man
fold Cyclopedia, draws more largely from
Chambers than from any other Of the family
= of Cyclopedia, and more largely from Stor-
month than from any other of the family o!
Dictionaries the Chambers's is an acknowl-
edge model for Cyclopedia; but it is adapt
ed particularly to England rather than to
America; Stormonth is the acknowledged peer
of Webster, Worcester, the Imperial, and
Murray, as an authority, but without peer in
the combined qualities of conciseness, and
accuracy of learning. No authorities, how
ever, are blindly followed but effort is care
fully made to bring all matters to the gener-
ally accepted standard Of the most eminent
American, rather than foreign, scholarship.
Editorial talent second to none in America,
in experience and skill is engaged in the con-
duct Of the work; the publishers past ex-
perience in Cyclopeda making (notably in
The Library Of Universal knowledge, now
known--trebled in price--as the InteInation-
al Cyclopedia) is good basis for the pledge
he makes TO his patrons that The Manifold
shall be inferior to no other Cvcopedia in
any of the importaot qualities of popular
guide to knowledge. Specimen pages free,
or specimen volume may be ordered md
returned if not wanted. John b. Alden pub
Usher, 1913 pearl Street, New York.
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